If you do ship George/Dey, I think you may like this chapter. :)

(possibly not the last one though)

Chapter 11: She Found Comfort

The second weekend was here and everybody was just fooling around, the best they could since Umbridge was taking over. Deyanira had sneaked away from Harry and was now walking on the wooden bridge that lead to the Hogwarts grounds. She stopped about halfway to look out of the bridge and take a breather. She was in her peace of mind until someone bumped with her.

"Oh, sorry, didn't see you", Fred said beside George who chuckle

"Hi, guys", she said after a chuckle, "Fred, haven't see you around much."

"You know, I'm here and there. Which reminds me, I have to be there and not here right now.", he said with a grin towards George, who glared, "see you around, Dey"

"Bye", she said with a chuckle before he left

"So…", George started as he got close to the window of the bridge and looked out, beside her, she did the same, "enjoying the view?"

"Yeah."

There was a silence as the wind flew in and blew her hair and gave them a warm, but soothing breeze. From the corner of his eyes he would peak at her, just watching her hair flow and her eyes shine with the sun light.

"Dey?", he spoke, but didn't looked at her

"Yeah?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure"

He took a deep breath, but not let it be noticeable since she was still looking at him. He slowly turned to her and his eyes fell on hers, making him tremble, yet again, and look away.

"Um…I…I kind of like…someone and I wanted your advice"

"Oh, alright, in what?"

"Well…what should I do? I think I really like her…", he slowly looked at her again, watching her just stare at the view made him go vulnerable, "really…really…like her…"

"Well…I think the best way is to let her know."

"I don't know if I'm ready to let her know completely."

"Then why don't you ask her out and see where it goes. Think it as just a day with a good friend."

"You really think it'll work?", he felt the corner of his lips lifting up

"Yeah. I don't know much about dating and stuff, but that seems like the right thing to do."

"You've never dated?", he was kind of surprised to hear that

"Um, no. You know being…me…I was home schooled, my parents were too protective so I never got to hang out with so many guys."

George formed a smile, with out even realizing it. Something about it made him feel happy. They kept talking, but changed the subject; George still didn't feel like giving away too much. The next week went by and a lot of students weren't happy. Umbridge tried to kick Trelawney out and has been putting up too many rules since she became the high inquisitor. To add it, the Dark Lord was going stronger, but the Ministry was still in denial and covering the truth. Hermione decided it was time something was done and recommended the idea to teach others about dark arts, even if it needed to be behind Umbridge's back.

"Harry", Deyanira said as she sat beside him on the couch at the common room, "would tomorrow's meeting take too long?"

"Um, I don't think so, why?"

"I wanted to let you know that after you can be with Ron and Hermione, I kind of have plans."

"Really?", he said with a grin, "and may I ask with who?"

"I think you know", she put on a shy smile before getting up, "I'll see you at dinner, have to go somewhere."

"Alright, Dey. Have fun.", Harry said with a smile and she let out a chuckle before she walked out.

The next day Harry headed to Hogsmeade with Dey, Hermione and Ron to get settle at Hog's Head for the meeting and initiation of what they had planned to call 'Dumbledore's Army', Where they would be taught defends against darks arts by none other than Harry.

"Hey, Harry!", said Fred and George as they entered and went to them

"What is this all about?", Fred asked

"You'll soon see, I guess. It's just so we can have a back up in dark arts."

"Will it take too long?", George asked Harry, who grinned, remembering Dey, "I kind of have plans for after.", he grinned before looking to Dey who got her head up and smiled at him.

"I'll make it as quick as possible", Harry said with a grin

While Fred and George went to take their seats at the front, Harry, Ron and Hermione turned to look at Dey who just wondered why the sudden looks and grins. At first, things got a little rough, students started to ask Harry too much about Cedric and some even said he was lying about You-Know-Who being back, but after he set them straight, they started to listen and got a pretty good feedback watching them all write their names on the list.

"Are you ready?", Fred asked George as everyone got up and started to leave, "or even sure, I mean to ask her now"

"Last time we talked about the subject she said she has never dated, she didn't mention a guy or anything. And when we came in and I told Harry, he didn't say she was with anyone either, and she would tell him for sure."

"Point taken, well then", Fred said before putting a hand on his brother's shoulder, "go on"

George stayed watching as Dey got up from her chair and walked around the table she was behind. She saw him and smiled at him, shyly, making his cheeks feel warm. Just when he started to walk, he noticed Michael Corner, one of the students that asked about Cedric, went to her and her smile grew bigger.

"Hey, Dey", George said with his lips trembling

"Hey", she said as the dark haired boy turned to face him too

"Um, are you going with Harry?"

"Ah, no, actually, I have plans."

"…really?", George soon felt his stomach twisting and his mind spiraling, "oh, alright, m-me too, with Katie actually!", he yelled before Katie left Hog's Head with Angelina, Jordan and Fred, making her and the rest stop and look at him, "I was just asking so maybe you would like to join us if you had nothing.", he felt his lips twitching and his blood running when Michael chuckled

"Don't worry, she's taken care of", he said smiling at her and she smiled back

"O-ok…", George said before he looked down

"Well I guess I'll see you at the Three Broomsticks then…?", Dey said with an innocent smile

"Yeah-"

"We better go if we want to have more time before we have to go back", said Michael, almost cutting George off

"Oh, yeah, bye, George"

Before they walked away, George got to see Michael's hand sliding to Dey's and grabbing her to pull her away and leave together. Other than Fred and his friends that were still waiting for him and wondering, Harry, Ron and Hermione had seen that too. When George turned around he faced their eyes and felt worst.

"What happened?", Harry asked going to him, "I thought she was going with you."

"You knew?", George asked, about to snap

"She told me she had plans, I assume it was with you because she said I knew who.", Harry said before sighing, "I should have asked", after a moment of silence, Harry left first, like he wanted to do something, Ron and Hermione followed.

"George?", Katie asked, getting close to him with Fred, "did you wanted to see me or something?"

"…I…I kinda told her I was going out with you."

"Why?-What happened?", Fred asked

"She's going out with that git she just left with!"

"…I'm sorry, Georgie"

"What ever. Let's just go back to the castle."

"No.", Fred said, making everyone look at him, "go with Katie, see what happens with them."

"Fred, no. This was a bad idea since the start-"

"Do you want to be like Ron and Hermione?", Fred commented, making George go silence

"Let's go", Katie said, "just friends and you can also see."

"I don't know if I want to"

"For Merlin's sake, snap out of it!", Angelina said, "this is not you!"

"I know that"

The others stayed in silence, watching him still taking in what happened with Dey. He really seemed upset and not like himself.

"Dey!", Harry called, making her and Michael stop, "Can I talk to you, real quick?"

"Um, yeah, why don't you go ahead and find a table?", she said to Michael who nodded and left, "what's this about?"

"Why aren't you going out with George?"

"…excuse me?"

"You said you had plans with someone. I thought it was George, not him."

"Didn't you notice he started to talk to me a lot during this week? We have even studied a lot together."

"…I thought you were with George!"

"No!… 'sides…George told me he kinda liked someone."

"He meant you, of course!", Hermione said, making Dey go speechless

"Yeah, so go on and dump that boy and look for my brother", Ron said

"But…I-I can't do this right now"

She just walked away to finally continue her date, leaving the trio sighing and feeling sorry. Dey caught up with Michael already at a table. When she sat down and ordered their butterbeers, George came in with Katie, who suggested to sit close, but not too close to them. She also suggested it that he takes her coat off before sitting down, which called Dey's attention, making her look, but not happy. More like confused to what Harry, Hermione and Ron had said. She was too sure that George meant someone else when they talked about dating. Fred, Jordan and Angelina also showed up, but sat far away from them, just to keep an eye on things to prevent what happened to Harry happens again. At first George didn't really speak, his eyes were pierced on the boy who was making her laugh and even grabbed her hand on the table, making his grip around his cup to tighten up. Katie just told him to calm down and to play along with her, to act like they usually do, Dey wouldn't know the difference between a real date and just friends hanging out, she will still be jealous. A few times Dey did looked, making the smile go away.

"I think it's ok if we leave now", George told Katie

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I think this was just not a good idea. They kept their date and going on like nothing."

Katie just gave him a comforting look before she got up and they walked to where Fred, Jordan and Angelina were sitting. It still had a view to Dey. George couldn't stop looking at her while the others got up. Something, though, made him thick. He saw Michael leaning to Dey and he gave a step to go, but Fred stopped him and looked. They saw Dey got her body to the chair, escaping Michael's lips before they kissed. Then he just smiled and she joined. Looks like he told her it was time to go since she nodded before they got up. That or 'let's go somewhere more private', which passed trough George's mind. His eyes were still on the couple as they left the Three Broomsticks, holding hands and she had a smile on her face.

"She smiles bigger when she's with you", Fred commented

"Shut u-", but when George turned, he saw his brother wasn't kidding

"She does, George. It's noticeable."

George looked away from Fred again before walking away, followed by his brother and friends. When they left, George's eyes looked around and spotted Dey and Michael, very close, against a wall that was beside the entrance to an alley.

"You go ahead guys", he said turning to the others

"It's almost curfew.", Angelina pointed out

"I'll be there before it is"

"Alright, be careful though", Fred said, knowing what he meant

They left him alone and he turned again to Dey. Michael was about to kiss her again, but she just pushed him and chuckled. George didn't know if she meant to push him or she was just teasing him, if it wasn't working on Michael, it was on him.

"Get out of here!", he said pulling Michael away from Deyanira, with out realizing he was there in a second

"George!"

"Get out!", he said again and pushed him

"Who do you think you are to just push me like that?"

"Go away, before I do worse!"

Michael stayed looking at George then at Dey.

"I'll see you around, Dey ", he said before he walked away

George took deep breaths, feeling a tension behind him. When he turned around, slowly, to face her, she had arms crossed and daggers on those dark eyes of hers. Making his body shake more than usual.

"Thanks for ruining my first date"

"…He's no good for you"

"How would you know? You don't even know him!"

"You don't either!"

"That's why I agreed to go out with him! I wanted to know him more! Thanks to you, I won't get that chance!"

"Then get it with someone else!"

"Who?", she said giving a step closer, he opened his mouth to speak, but his lips trembled and his heart gave a pound, "tell me who, George.", she said, calming down her tone.

George stayed paralyzed, was this the chance? It was; she wanted to hear for herself that he had feelings for her. Maybe she had them too, no, she did, but she was still fuzzy about everything. Their eyes met again, both trembled and felt their hearts pounding and their words chocking. Dey just shook her head and looked away.

"Go away, I don't wanna see you"

He felt his heart stopped, sudden, like if she meant those words. Slowly, he turned around and started to walk, leaving her behind. Dey just let out a sigh, along with her frustration and she felt her nose was like tickling and running. She felt her eyes fill up with tears, getting her vision blurry. A tear rolled down her cheek and she wiped it away slowly, analyzing it. She felt hurt seeing him walk away like that, leaving her behind. She slowly rested from the wall, letting out a sniff and wiping her eyes again. After a few seconds, she got away from the wall to start walking, but a grip grabbed her arm, pulling her inside the alley. Her back and head hit the wall, making her groan in pain before a hand covered her mouth.

"Miss me?", a familiar voice said with a smirk

With the lights from Hogsmeade, she was able to see a bit, it was that Ravenclaw prefect, but she saw someone else was beside him and chuckled.

"Not bad", the other guy said, she could only tell he had light eyes since a hat was covering his hair and ear.

George was just reaching the entrance of Hogsmeade when he decided to look back, he didn't see Dey anywhere. Now he was worried, curfew was over by now and no one else from Hogwarts was around. Night was also on the way and if someone saw her during, who knows what they would do to her. His feet started to run around, looking for her and he entered to the Three Broomsticks and went deeper, but she wasn't there. He left quickly and looked around in every shop trough the glass windows and went inside the bigger ones. She wasn't there. His heart pounded, saying something was wrong. Dey was trying to call for help under the hand on her mouth, but it was no use. Her arms were pinned to the rock walls, along with her legs. She was also deeper in the alley now, after they pulled her with her fighting. Both were all over her as she kept swinging her body to get them off. She felt her throat was burning and her lungs were about to explode. With eyes shut, she could feel a light flashed and felt the weight off her. When she opened her eyes, she was able to move. One of the guys was pushed back and was now on the floor. The other went to the entrance of the alley, swinging a fist to George's face. He wasn't able to dodge it, but he hit him back, double. The guy was on his back on the floor now and George got on him to hit him more. His friend went to help, grabbing George to get him off. Deyanira felt her blood was running faster, her anger was rising as she saw George kept fighting and almost losing to the other two idiots. She collided on her knees, and covered her ears as she panted. George just hit the guy in front of him, making him fall, and saw her. She was on the edge.

"Get out!", George said pushing the guys out of the alley.

They did left, while they said they were going to report him this time. George ran to Dey, getting on his knees too and grabbed her arms.

"L-Leave! You have to-it's too-", but she stopped with a gasp

George just shook his head before he pulled her to him to hug her, tight. She was pushing harder than when she was at the library so he had to pull even harder. She kept begging him to leave her, but he didn't listen. As she panted and gasped for air, her body was shaking, making him hug her tighter.

"P-Please, you have to leave", she said looking up at him with begging eyes, but he shook his head, "please, I don't want to-", she stopped, feeling the screams

She shut her eyes and pressed her teeth together while he kept looking at her. Her body was shaking so much and he was sure he felt her heart pounding. He just wanted this to stop, he felt bad enough for ruining her date, maybe if he wouldn't have this wouldn't be happening. His lips twitch, feeling the temptation kicking in and his adrenaline started up. Not knowing if this was the right moment, he went for it. His hand lifted her chin up, but her eyes were still shut, she even did pressure to go down. Seeing he was forcing her too much, he got his head down to her to cover the space between them. His lips shook when her breath fell on them, making the temptation grew bigger. He finally closed the space completely, crashing their lips together in a deep kiss, making in deeper as he hugged her tighter. Deyanira felt her heart slowing down, along with her blood. Her anger was scared away by the sparks coming from her lips. It was cold, but she felt her body warming up. George's mind went numb, even if the bruise on his lip was burning, he completely forgot about it. He slowly got apart, letting their lips rub for a bit before letting go completely. He slowly opened his eyes to catch her doing the same, resting on his chest. Then she let out a sigh, releasing her insanity.

"B…better?", he asked and after a moment of silence she nodded

He hugged her tight again so he would have an excuse to look away. His head ended up on top of hers, where he licked his lips and press them tight together, taking in her taste. She was close to his chest, almost buried. She got her lips inside to keep his taste in as well. The sparks had gone down her throat, calming the aching. After a few minutes of holding her, the world stopped, but he realized they had to go back. He slowly got up, helping her too. Before leaving the alley, Dey had put on the hood of her jacket so her face wouldn't be seen and when they lights hit them, Dey saw his face clearly. He had a bruise on his lip, a bloody nose and also another little bruise under his left eye. Dey wiped away a bit of the blood from his nose using her sleeve and he put on a smile, even if it hurt.